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CENSERS OF BURNING INCENSE 

Symbolic of the purifying fire aroma of the spiritual nature (buddhi) which permeates the mind (air) or disciplined and devout lower qualities (worshippers) in the human soul (church). The swinging of the censers signifies the functioning of buddhi in the lower nature, whereby the purifying and transmutation of the lower qualities are brought about.

"And Moses said unto Aaron, Take thy censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and lay incense thereon, and carry it quickly unto the congregation, and make atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the Lord; the plague is begun." - NUM. xvi. 46.

The moral nature (Moses) enjoins the spiritual mind (Aaron) to ally itself with buddhi (fire) and bring about the purification of the qualities (congregation) during a spiritual outpouring which shall destroy the lowest qualities. The atonement signifies transmutation in response to aspiration, and the substitution of higher for lower.  

See Also

AARON
ALTAR
ATONEMENT
CHRYSEIS
FIRE
INCENSE
MOSES
PESTILENCE
PROCESSION